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The syntax of adjectives : a comparative study / Guglielmo Cinque.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cinque, Guglielmo.
- Series:
- Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 57.
- Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 57
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Adjective.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 202 p.) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Here, Guglielmo Cinque offers cross-linguistic evidence that adjectives have two sources. Arguing against the standard view and reconsidering his own earlier analysis, Cinque proposes that adjectives enter the nominal phase either as 'adverbial' modifiers to the noun or as predicates of reduced relative clauses.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-186) and indexes.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49929-X
- 9786613594525
- 0-262-28930-X
- OCLC:
- 793206415
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